Learn to Organize as You Organize to Learn

 Co-operation:

                There is a hope among many that we can effectively co-operate for our mutual well-being; co-operate for the well being of our health, education, economy, civic life, and more. We know about co-operation, but too many of are out of practice.

Organize:

                In order to organize for fair and practical results, we need to learn to co-operate better than usual. Better co-operation takes talk which includes better listening and hearing; it most often takes face to face communication. To get on a well understood same track or same page usually takes an ongoing conversation or dialogue. Carrying on a dialogue effective takes some practice. Such practice takes place in a dialogue group.

Practice:

                You can practice such dialogue as we teach each other the nature of the dialogue, as we teach one another, say, active citizenship, self governance, participatory democracy, appropriate mutual trust.

Learn:

                Learning to practice the dialogue effectively can be an important first step to more effective co-operation. Learning to to use the dialogue is a very useful early step in many collective activities and may be vital throughout those activities. The practice of the dialogue makes us more understanding co-operaters and more effective doers. 

Dialogue:  

                Use of the dialogue is a great aid to organizing to learn, as we become more effective organizers. The dialogue leads us to be more meaningful listeners and understanders. It is a democratic way to think together so as to be thoughtful and effective individuals of useful action. It is a democratic way to think together so as to be free, thoughtful, and effective people of good and useful action. Powerful, beautiful, broadly meaningful, and good action results when you so will.

Action:

~ Powerful co-operation results for those who practice learning to more truly understand one another.

~ Practicing democratic listening results in more powerful understanding.

~ We develop powerful understanding by practicing the dialogue and so coming to better use it.

~ The dialogue is simple, but it does take practice.

~ The practice is effective when it takes place in a dialogue group.

~ I dialogue group begins when two people find a third person to practice with them.

Check out these two sites;

~ Governance With RCS

and

~ Dialogue With RCS

                

                Thank you for reading; may it lead to reasoned action.

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Positive Action

Actions you can take:                           

 This post is mostly for U.S. citizens. It is about positive action a citizen can take.

                        If you are not an American citizen, this little post could still spark an interesting thought or two.

                        Go to a political party meeting. You can sit in on local party meetings and consider it a learning experience for you. Look and listen. Listen and learn. Check online or at your local post office or library for a time and place. 

                        Before you speak or even raise your hand at a meeting, Learn the party by-laws for that party. Sometimes state and national by-laws differ; even county by-laws differ. You could even reread a copy of Robert's Rules of Order. Then, with a very few friends you can politely and powerfully take control of a meeting or an entire local party. Party rules and by-laws can usually be found online. Read those rules and by laws and get to know. You don't want to embarrass yourself. If you do your reading you will probably know those rules and laws much better than most people in the room.

                        Start preparing to run for office next year. Yes, you. Run for School Board, City Council, County Treasurer, U.S. Senate, member of Congress, governor, Secretary of State, dogcatcher. Maybe dogcatcher is no longer an elective office in your county.

                        Run for office. All there is to it is to do it, still it is useful to do some learning or research, search along the way.

                        Make a tiny plan right now. Big actions are OK too.

                        "Rise up and do it." a good man has said. You could talk with a friend about it. However, it is often to begin taking steps for yourself first. Right now is good.

                         One year definitely run for precinct  delegate. Every precinct in America elects delegates from each party. You may be selected to attend a national party convention to nominate the presidential candidate. Consider it a learning experience. Nomination my be a bigger deal than voting.

                        Good for you. The action is good for your circulation.

                       Let us know what you are doing. A little doing is great. 

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